By Susan King, Times Staff Writer
Adam Sandler becomes “stylish” in his latest comedy
“You Don’t Mess With the Zohan” as an Israeli Mossad agent who trades in his gun for a blow dryer when he fakes his own death so he can fulfill his lifelong dream of becoming a hairdresser. Of course, Zohan also provides a few more “services” to the ladies besides a cut, curl and blow dry. The comedy is being described as “Shampoo” meets “Munich.”
But will the farce have the legs of the classic “Shampoo” or other hair-related films and TV shows such as “Steel Magnolias” and “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”?
Here’s a look at some hair-raising movies and characters spanning the last seven decades.
